The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10
EXCITING EVICTION SCENES.


Collisions Between the Balll0s and PeoplO
1t Bodyke. ireland.
DUBLIN, June 4.-Evictions ut Bodyke
continue, but the tenants are offering all
the opposition in their power to the sheriff
and his guard Of police and troops, and find
various means Of seriously annoying the
officers. In some Of the houses from which
the occupants were to be evicted cayenne
pepper was burned, the fumes Of which
nearly choked the bailifls. Boiling water
was also thrown from the windows upon
the evicting force. Al two houses where
evictions were effected collisions occurred
between the police and the people, and Q
number Of arrests were made. When the
sheriff's force arrived at the house Of
tenant Lyddy and ordered the family to
leave, . daughter Of Mr.. Lyddy threw an iron
hoop at q baili6 who attempted to enter the
door. She was arrested. Her brother was
also arrested for melting the crowd to vio-
lence against the police. Another daugh-
ter who denounced the treatment her fam.
lily were receiving was struck by police
man and felled to the ground. This
maddened the crowd and they advanced
for tie purpose Of attacking the officers.
but Michael Davitt, who was present,
pleaded with the people not to use violence,
and barely managed to avert q collision.
After the Lyddy family had been evicted
the police made an attack upon the house
of q man named McNamara, which was
strongly fortified. Crowbars were used
and a hole was made through the wall.
Mrs. Mcnamara and her children were in
the house and cried piteously until Mr..
Davitt shouted words Of comfort to them.
Mcnamara was arrested for pelting the
bailiffS, who smashed the furniture of the
house out Of pure malice. Leaving the
house of Mcnamara the evictors proceeded
to the house of Hussey, whose eviction
was unsuccessfully attempted few days
ago. He had prepared to receive the
bailiffs by filling his house with friends
and barricading every door and window.
As the evicting party came within reach
the occupants of the house showered boil
ing water upon their heads and pelted them
with stones, bottles, ETC., until they were
compelled to retreat. Repeated assaults
were made upon the house, but each time
the assailants were driven back until at
last the troops were ordered to fire upon
the building at the next assault should the
shower Of stones and hot water be kept up.
The bailiffs, under cover OF the troops,
again advanced upon the house, and with
some difficulty battered hole in the wall,
through which they entered. A fierce fight
ensued within the house, resulting in the
repulse Of the ballifPs, who were tumbled
out through the hole in the wall bleeding
and with their clothing nearly torn from
them. Another party succeeded them, and
after entering the building forced the oc-
cupants out, accomplishing the eviction
after hard fight, lasting two hours and a
half from the time of the first assault The
male defenders of Hussey's house, includ-
ing Hussey himself, were arrested. After
the eviction of Hussey a meeting was held,
which was addressed by Michael Davitt,
who repeated the advice he gave yesterday
to resist eviction by all possible means, and
reiterated his defiance of the Government
to arrest him.